LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B) vs Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe Wireless Charging Station
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B) is ₹9,991 dearer.
LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B) vs Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe Wireless Charging Station
LG
LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor (27GN800-B)
₹22,990
DisplayHDR 400 is worth understanding for what it is not: with no local dimming zones, enabling HDR mostly raises brightness and washes out contrast, and most owners turn it off.
Full details →Anker
Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe Wireless Charging Station
₹12,999
Folding three chargers into a 5 cm aluminium cube is a genuine piece of engineering and the reason to buy it -- a nightstand and a travel bag both keep one object instead of three cables.
Full details →Who the LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting one monitor that games at 165 Hz and does colour-accurate work.
Avoid it if: Anyone buying it for HDR -- without local dimming there is nothing there.
Who the Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe Wireless Charging Station is for
Buy it if: Apple users with a phone, watch and AirPods who travel and want one object instead of three.
Avoid it if: Android users entirely, and anyone who does not already own a 30 W adapter.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | LG UltraGear 27-inch QHD 165Hz IPS Gaming Monitor | Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe Wireless Charging Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹22,990 | ₹12,999 |
| Weight | 6.2 kg with stand | 440 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Adaptive sync | G-Sync compatible and FreeSync Premium | not published |
| AirPods | not published | 5 W |
| Annual energy use | 44 kWh a year at 4 hours a day, about Rs352 at Rs8 per unit | not published |
| Apple ecosystem only | not published | The Watch puck fits nothing else, so this is not useful to Android users |
| Apple Watch | not published | 5 W fast charge, official Apple module |
| Brightness | About 320 nits sustained | not published |
| Charges | not published | iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously |
| Colour | sRGB 99 percent | not published |
| Cooling | not published | Passive; the aluminium body warms noticeably in use |
| Ergonomics | Height and tilt, with a 100 mm VESA mount | not published |
| Folded size | not published | About 5 cm cube -- it genuinely folds into a travel form |
| Form factor | 27 inch gaming monitor | not published |
| HDR | DisplayHDR 400 -- a badge rather than real HDR, since it has no local dimming | not published |
| iPhone output | not published | 15 W, Qi2 and MagSafe certified |
| Panel type | IPS | not published |
| Ports | 2 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DisplayPort 1.4, headphone out | not published |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | not published |
| Requirement | not published | Needs a 30 W or higher USB-C adapter, which is not included |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 | not published |
| Response time | 1 ms grey-to-grey at the fastest overdrive, which introduces visible overshoot | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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